Great Start...

...for Turtles!

It was a good night for Terengganu football fans with both their teams began their 2011 Malaysia Cup campaign on a winning note.

PBDKT T-Team did a 'triple' over tournament favourite, Selangor with a 1-0 win at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu. The Terengganu club side, having registered 2-1 wins over the Red Giants in the Super League notched the winner through central defender, Norfazly Alias who finished cooly from close range after Selangor defence failed to clear their line properly.

In another Group D match, Kuala Lumpur registered a 3-0 win over the Royal Malaysian Police thus leading the group with a better goal difference to T-Team.

At the Selayang Municipal Council Stadium, Terengganu took a two goal lead in the first half against Sime Darby FC with goals coming from Sarawakians, Joseph Kalang Tie and Reeshafiq Alwi. The latter's goal should be a candidate for goal of the tournament with a forty metre screamer that flew past the home side goalkeeper.

Then towards the end of the match, Abdul Manaf Mamat displayed his cool side when he calmly finished a lay-off by team-mate, Ailim Fahmi inside the penalty area. The 3-0 win was enough to put The Turtles at the top of Group B, having a better goal difference to Negeri Sembilan who won 2-1 against 2011 Premier League champions, PKNS FC at the MBPJ Stadium in Kelana Jaya.

Super League champions, Kelantan opened their campaign in Group C with a 2-0 win in Kuching over Premier League side Sarawak. National players Norshahrul Idlan Talaha and Chanturu were the scorers as The Crocs failed to use their home advantage to the fullest against The Stags.

Another match in the same group saw Johor FC lost 2-0 to another club side, Felda United at J-Corps Stadium in Pasir Gudang.

In Group A, another Johor side suffered the same fate, losing 2-0 against Kedah while Sabah failed to capitalise on their home advantage after Perak forced them to share a point in a 0-0 draw at the Likas Stadium in Kota Kinabalu.


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